Sterlite Tech bags Kakinada Smart City project

Pune-based Sterlite Tech will work with top telecom operators and government for the implementation of Smart City solutions in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, it said in a statement Monday.ET Telecom | Updated: June 26, 2017, 16:22 IST

As a part of the initiative, Sterlite will help to build a smart network that will ensure stronger communications between the city officials and citizens of Kakinada.

Some of the Smart City features would include Command Control Centre, CCTV surveillance, Wi-Fi, automatic number-plate recognition, face detection, waste and disaster management, in addition to IoT platform, LoRa-based city-wide wireless sensor network and disaster management systems.

“This smarter network backbone will form the pillar for stronger communications between the city officials and citizens of Kakinada,” KS Rao, COO - Telecom Products and Services, Sterlite Tech said.

“With Sterlite Tech’s unique silicon-to-software capabilities, we partner with our customers with a long-term commitment backed up with strong SLAs for performance. We are extremely excited to partner with Kakinada Smart City Corporation with a pledge to strengthen citizen centric services in Kakinada at par with the best in the world,” Sterlite Tech chief executive Anand Agarwal said.

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